Didn't know to set up a pond before the winter so now I get to watch all my dwarves die of dehydration 😭 #dwarffortress
@trolder I dug down and now everything is covered in fungus :P Hopefully it's not deadly?
@mauve brew alcohol, only the wounded need water, healthy dwarves literally need alcohol, the longer they go with out it the slower they get
@ziusudra Right! Yeah I started doing that for this spring. Luckily only one of my dwarves died this time. 😅
@mauve :0 I didn't know you played. When'd you get into it? The wiki is super helpful btw
@makeworld I tried getting into it like 8 years ago and again when the steam release came out. Sadly there was a bunch of crashing and I gor frustrated losing my saves. Been more stavle this time around so just playing it here and there. Are you a vetran? :o
@mauve nah I wouldn't say veteran, I've just played a bit. It's fun though!
@mauve I did that to my first three fortresses. Never even managed to make enough beer to make up for lack of water.
@vdonnut Yeah I'm surprised I didn't lose morr dwarves than I did. Winter kinda snuck up on me and I was too busy fishing and making tables 😅
@mauve well, I usually ended up with three-four barely functional dwarves who died throughout the spring because even if the water was back the food was missing, they were traumatised, and it spiraled down. I was sad for the migrants who arrived.
@vdonnut Brutal 😭 Yeah thankfully I had plenty of food for this run. Hopefully next winter will be easier. I chose a pretty mild climate. My first fort ever was in the tundra which sucked 😅
@mauve have you tried the FLOSG cataclysm-dda?
@lutindiscret Never heard of it, what is it? :o
@mauve dwarf fortress complexity but post apo zombie survival https://cataclysmdda.org/
@mauve , step 1: grow(craft)/buy/steal some plump helmets and barrels.
Step 2: build Still.
Step 3: find most outrageous slacker of your current population and make him a Brewer.
Done, no dehydration!
Healthy dwarves are absolutely OK without water.
Injured dwarves in hospitals might need some though...
@DrinkFromTheCup Is brewing fruit a viable option? I have lots of fruit trees in my area.
@mauve , SOME fruits are brew'able indeed.
I, however, don't remember which specifically fit.
I usually designate one of doctors as a herbalist - and mark whole surface area for plant gathering. Then check if "brew from fruit" option in Still became available and/or if fruits with Brew option appeared in kitchen processing allowance list few times.
Fruit gathering area designation works too - however, there might be problems with misplaced stepladders, leading to unintended consequences :)
@mauve Time to dig down.